I've noticed a lot of posters to this thread have been talking about taking up home canning. My wife and I have been home canning for years, if you are thinking about buying a pressure canner I would suggest you buy the and save yourself a lot of headaches. Most of the other canners( while cheaper initially) use a gasket that we have found to be finicky at best, frustrating at worst. The AA has a taper fit rim and uses no gasket, in addition it is built like a tank. IMO this is the best canner out there. Just my two cents.

Thanks for the tip Ron. A pressure cooker is on my list. I'll look into that brand.

__________________“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.” ― Samuel Adams

__________________“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.” ― Samuel Adams

MA said to taste the brine and adjust the sugar to taste. She made some last year that was way to sweet. Then she made some that wasn't sweet at all. It is a trial and error process to get it to what you like. I got hooked on the Christopher Ranch stuff but at around $5.00 a jar we decided to do our own. Of course she cans everything from the garden. She makes zucchini pickles that won a blue ribbon at the fair and a zuke relish (also a blue ribbon winner) that my dad (before he passed away) would eat straight from the jar with a big spoon. And her salsa. mmmmm The guys at the fire department (station 23) will almost fight over it.

Maybe she is the reason I'm so round. hmmmmmmmmm....

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Dang! Pa had passed on and was still eating the pickled garlic! That had to be something to see!

Just kidding.

Anybody try using honey instead of sugar? I've never heard of garlic honey but my bees do like the garlic flowers. I'll have to look into that! I'm not too far from Gilroy and I do have a bunch of beehives. Garlic honey. That's an interesting thought.